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Proximity can induce diverse friendships : a large randomized classroom experiment
Rohrer, Julia M.; Keller, Tamás; Elwert, Felix - 2020
Can outside interventions foster socio-culturally diverse friendships? We executed a large field experiment that randomized the seating charts of 182 primary-school classrooms (N=2,996 students) for the duration of one semester. We found that being seated next to each other increased the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012439791
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Rearranging the desk chairs: A large randomized field experiment on the effects of close contact on interethnic relations
Elwert, Felix; Keller, Tamás; Kotsadam, Andreas - 2020
Contact theory and conflict theory offer sharply conflicting predictions about the effects of interethnic exposure on prejudice. Contact theory predicts that close collaborative contact under conditions of equal status causes a reduction in interethnic prejudice. By contrast, conflict theory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604925
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Rearranging the desk chairs : a large randomized field experiment on the effects of close contact on interethnic relations
Elwert, Felix; Keller, Tamás; Kotsadam, Andreas - 2020
Contact theory and conflict theory offer sharply conflicting predictions about the effects of interethnic exposure on prejudice. Contact theory predicts that close collaborative contact under conditions of equal status causes a reduction in interethnic prejudice. By contrast, conflict theory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012439803
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Peer effects on academic self-concept: A large randomized field experiment
Keller, Tamás; Kim, Jinho; Elwert, Felix - 2022
experimentally. We executed a large and pre-registered field experiment that randomized students to deskmates within 195 classrooms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468494
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Peer effects on academic self-concept : a large randomized field experiment
Keller, Tamás; Kim, Jinho; Elwert, Felix - 2022
experimentally. We executed a large and pre-registered field experiment that randomized students to deskmates within 195 classrooms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014452464
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Diversity and Popularity in Social Networks
Bramoullé, Yann; Rogers, Brian W. - Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques … - 2009
Homophily, the tendency of linked agents to have similar characteristics, is an important feature of social networks … of intra- and inter-group links in terms of stochastic dominance, (ii) we show how, at the group level, homophily depends … homophily at the individual level. Especially, we find that popular individuals have more diverse networks. Our results are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015252
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Diversity and Popularity in Social Networks
Bramoulle, Yann; Rogers, Brian - Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and … - 2009
Homophily, the tendency of linked agents to have similar characteristics, is an im- portant feature of social networks … of intra- and inter-group links in terms of stochastic dominance, (ii) we show how, at the group level, homophily depends … homophily at the individual level. Especially, we ¯nd that popular individuals have more diverse networks. Our results are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017526
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No evidence of direct peer influence in upper-secondary track choice: Evidence from Hungary
Keller, Tamás - 2022
different peer relationships: self-selected friends and randomly assigned deskmates. The study uses a unique dataset that merges …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468533
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No evidence of direct peer influence in upper-secondary track choice : evidence from Hungary
Keller, Tamás - 2022
different peer relationships: self-selected friends and randomly assigned deskmates. The study uses a unique dataset that merges …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014452392
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Adjusting Your Dreams? The Effect of School and Peers on Dropout Behaviour
Goux, Dominique; Gurgand, Marc; Maurin, Eric - 2014
At the end of middle school, many low achieving students have to abandon hope of getting into selective high-school programs, which may be a source of disappointment and eventually lead them to dropout from high-school. Based on a randomized controlled trial, this paper shows that low-achieving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333266